Not exact matches
The only countervailing power is that within the Republican Party a fringe of
tea partiers threatens to run against more established
candidates safely sold to special interests.
No one ever said he was an illegitimate
candidate (which
tea partiers STILL say about Obama), we just said he shouldn't be in the race ie the electorate will soundly reject him when the time comes
Republican activists won't be quiet, assuming that
Tea Partiers and evangelicals aren't completely disenchanted with the eventual nominee, but so far we're not seeing the kind of organization and training that will help Republican
candidates hold their own in the ground war next fall.
August 12, 2011: Independence Party of Minnesota
Candidates in Special Elections on October 18 August 5, 2011: «DJ» Mikolay:» Former Senator Dean Barkley:
Tea Partier Extraordinaire?»
Tea Partiers have been picking their
candidates left and right.
Scozzafava, who is not seeking re-election this fall, endorsed Democrat Bill Owens after she was pushed out of the NY - 23 race by Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party
candidate who drew support of
Tea Partiers trying to push the national GOP to the right and punish party leaders for backing a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice moderate.
Hours before the two
candidates are scheduled to face off in the first of three televised general election debates, Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio gave an indication of what will likely be his primary line of attack, releasing a web video that portrays Repubican Joe Lhota as a
Tea Partier who's «wrong for New Yorkers.»
It's de rigeur for Republican
candidates to deny global warming, and it's even worse for
Tea Partiers.